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Pyritum, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜

ByAdam Tate

Pyritum, Iron Pyrite, Zi Ran Tong 自然铜 Pyrite; Vulcan’s Stone: Lapis luminaris: Hephaestites: Lapis aerarius: ‘Fire Stone’:Zi Ran Tong (TCM)Vimala Makshik (Ayurveda)Pha Bang Long Bu ཕ་བང་ལོང་བུ་ (Tibetan Medicine)Marqashitha (Unani, from which our ‘Marcasite’ comes) Hortus sanitatis, 1491 Conradi Gesneri de Rerum Fossilium Lapidum et Gemmarum, 1565 Metallotheca Vaticana, Mercati, 1719 Photo: Rob Lavinsky iRocks.com Mineralogical…

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Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish and Horseradish FREE

ByAdam Tate

Raphani hortensis et sylvestris, Radish, Garden & Horse-radish Radish:–Turb (Unani)Radish Seed–Lai Fu Zi 莱菔子 (TCM)–Tukhm e Turb (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 HorseradishCochlearia armoraciaFlora von Deutschland (14), Kohler, 1883 Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Raphanus sativa: Garden RadishCochlearia armoracia: Wild or Horseradish Parts used: Seed of…

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Scindapsus, Gajakrishna PRO

ByAdam Tate

Scindapsus, Gajakrishna Gajakrishna, Gajapippali (Ayurveda)Anaitippili (Siddha) Scindapsus officinalisR. Wight, , Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, (1846) Botanical name: Scindapsus officinalis Parts used: Fruits Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Pungent, Sweet Uses: 1. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough and Wheezing:-Chronic Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma with excess Phlegm (Ayurveda, Unani)-acute throat diseases 2. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat:-Fever, acute diseases-promotes sweat…

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Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong PRO

ByAdam Tate

Gomphrena, Qian Ri Hong 千日红 Globe AmaranthQian Ri Hong (TCM)Amlana (Ayurveda) Gomphrena globosa Descourtilz, M.E., Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles (1821-1829) Gomphrena globosa (Photo by Carl Lewis) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Gomphrena globosa Parts used: Flowering tops or Whole Herb Temperature & Taste: Neutral. Sweet, slightly Salty Uses: 1. Stops Cough and Wheezing: -Cough, Whooping…

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Prunus spinosa, Sloe

ByAdam Tate

Prunus spinosa, Sloe BlackthornGerman Acacia (dehydrated unripe fruit juice) Prunus spinosaMasclef, A., Atlas des plantes de France (1890-1893) Prunus spinosa(Photo by Georg Buzin) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Prunus spinosa (syn. P. sylvestris) Parts used: Fruit, collected before fully ripe (strongest astringent)Also the Leaf, Flower, Bark: all have similar properties, except the flowers which are laxative. Temperature…

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Rauwolfia, Sarpagandha PRO

ByAdam Tate

Rauwolfia, Sarpagandha Snake rootSarpagandha (Ayurveda.)Asrol, Choti-Chandan (Unani)Bai Hua Lian, Shan Ma Ti (TCM) Rauwolfia serpentinaCurtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1804 Rauwolfia root(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Rauwolfia serpentinaother species used in India include R. beddomei, R. densiflora, R. micrantha;R. tetraphylla (syn. R. canescens) is also used but is low enough in alkaloids to be considered…

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Cymbopogon, Lemongrass

ByAdam Tate

Cymbopogon, Lemongrass Bhutika (Ayurveda)Vasanaipillu (Siddha) Rumphius, G.E., Herbarium amboinense (1747) Lemongrass(Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Cymbopogon citratus Parts used: Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Pungent, Bitter, Sour Uses: 1. Moves the Qi:-indigestion, colic, gas, cramps-menstrual cramps and pain-used for mild cases of anxiety, nervousness and hypertension 2. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:-Cough, Bronchitis with yellow Phlegm-Asthma,…

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Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao FREE

ByAdam Tate

Glycyrrhiza, Licorice, Gan Cao 甘草 Liquorice, Dulcis radix (‘Sweet root’)Gan Cao (TCM)Yastimadhu (Ayurveda)Shing Mnar   ཤིང་མངར  (Tibetan)Asl us Soos (Unani) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 G. glabraAtlas der officinellen pflanzen (2), Felix, 1899 G. echinataDarstellung und Beschreibung sammtliche, Berg, 1858 Left:Three varieties of Licorice root available on the Chinese Market. The bottom…

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Ursi / Bos Fel, Bear / Cow Bile

ByAdam Tate

Bear / Cow Bile Xiong Dan 熊胆 (Bear Bile, TCM)Niu Dan 牛胆 (Cow Bile, TCM)Dom mkhris  དོམ་མཁྲིས  (Bear Bile, Tibetan Medicine) Dried Cow Gall Bladder as used in Tibetan Medicine in place of Bear Bile. (Adam, 2016) Zoological name: Traditionally, Bear Bile has been used in both East and West:  1. Ursus arctos (European Brown…

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Pogostemon/Agastache, Huo Xiang FREE

ByAdam Tate

Pogostemon seu Agastache, Huo Xiang 藿香 Wrinkled Giant-Hyssop, Patchouli (Agastache)Cablin Patchouli (Pogostemon)Huo Xiang (Agastache) (TCM)Guang Huo Xiang (Pogostemon) (TCM)Paachi (Pogostemon, Ayurveda) Agastache rugosaPhoto by Dalgial (Wikimedia) Pogostemon cablinPhoto by Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Two different herbs supply Huo Xiang:  1. Agastache rugosa (Tu Huo Xiang)  2….

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Polygonum hydropier, Persicaria, Water Pepper

ByAdam Tate

Polygonum hydropier, Persicaria Water Pepper, Arsmart, HydropeperiFilfil al-ma (Unani) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Polygonum hydropierSvensk botanik, Palmstruch et al], 1807 Botanical name: Persicaria hydropiper (syn. Polygonum hydropier)Salmon (Seplasium) describes two types:  1. Dead or Spotted, which is Persicaria, or (Mild) Arsmart, has little or no taste, like Sorrel; this is…

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Mangifera, Mango FREE

ByAdam Tate

Mangifera, Mango Mango–Amra, Rasaal, Sahakar (Ayurveda)–Aam, Anba, Ambaj (Unani)–Mang Guo (TCM)Mango kernel:–Khasta Aam (Unani)–a bras  ཨ་འབྲས (Tibetan)–Mang Guo He (TCM) MangoFlora Sinensis, Boym, 1653 MangoFlore d’Amérique, Denisse, 1843-1846 Mango kernel for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016) Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSION Botanical name: Mangifera indica, M. persiciformis Parts used: Kernel…

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